that's for sure given the last year. >>> one energy stock losing steam today. i want to send it over to michelle caruso-cabrera. >>> energy stocks getting hit hard today because the price of natural gas falling below $3.75 per million btus, tied to weak forecasts or milder temperatures in december. remember, high levels of storage. there you see chesapeake was the worst performer of the s&p 500, now just one of the weakest lower by nearly 4%. guys, back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> over the weekend, the piper jaffray team observed the microsoft and the apple stores in the mall of america. while ipad purchases seem slower than last year, the 11 ipads sold per hour did outweigh sales of the microsoft surface. joining us for a closer look is gene munster. has a price target of 900. gene, good to see you again. >> hello. >> did you park yourself at the mall? >> yeah, it got pretty long. we were there for ten hours. i did about seven of those hours. i'm glad it's only once a year. >> that's why they pay you the big bucks weekends like this. walk me through what yo